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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD September 2007
In this year’s April issue of the BCMJ ( 49[3]:146-147 ), I reported on the ... describes a model that identifies factors that may predispose individuals to the development of anxiety ... by the Board of Directors of the BCMA, effective July 2007. I look forward to seeing the new goals and directions ...
News / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD March 2007
... good governance and effective member representation is an issue that the BCMA has looked at for 20 years and has been ... the pharmacist will then charge you the difference. You may then submit your charge to Sun Life under the Standard ... tlyon@bcma.bc.ca . The deadline for applications is 1 May 2007. Love wins MacDermot prize In January the BC Medical ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... director is nearing the end, with a decision expected in May. The successful candidate will oversee the implementation ... CEBS BCMA Benefits Correction: Mr Garth Evans In the March 2007 issue we incorrectly added the letters “MD” after Garth ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... influenza was conducted in Cranbrook on 20 February 2007. As a member of the Psychosocial Issues Committee of the ... in a responsible manner is often a challenge. Patients may bring in their unused meds to doctors’ offices, and ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... areas:  Chronic disease management : As of 1 April 2007 physicians receive a $125 incentive per patient per year ... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ... TT-WNV WNV developing within 4 weeks of blood transfusion may be transfusion-associated. Suspected cases of TT-WNV ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB July/August 2007
... “Reality check needed for CME credits” ( BCMJ  2007;49[3]:109) , which included a partial, out-of-context ... and integrative medicine beliefs (see  Globe and Mail , May 1999). His involvement in the very unscientific “harm ... in reading some of the skeptical accounts of this issue ( e.g.,  http://dreamhealer.blogspot.com/ ). Dr ...
News July/August 2007
... be read on its own. Those not facing a terminal illness may wish to focus on the introduction as well as the sections ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... mental health resources printed in the May issue ( BCMJ  2007;49:181 ), Richmond now has an early childhood mental ...
Letters / BY: Zafar Essak, MD November 2007
At the 2007 AGM I was impressed when Dr Robin Saunders concluded his ... views such as this are at the crux of the Code of Conduct issue. The analogy of a government cabinet is probably not ... Board as a whole fails to do so, individual Board members may feel obliged to provide details to members. Policies ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ... —Fiona Youatt BCMA Communications Call for nominations  2007 BCMA awards Nominations may be made by any BCMA member ...
News December 2006
... input on this subject. A member poll is planned for early 2007. Watch for it and please participate. If you have ideas ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...